Group Buy: Wuben TO10R and TO46R (real 90+CRI triple XP-G3) - CLOSED!!

d_t_a · 2018-06-15T07:05:25.000Z

Chatika vas Paus:

Banggood sell only cool white. Our GB applies to neutral white.

I think more exact: tested and verified high-CRI (CRI=90+) neutral-white. The ones in other places (I would presume even the ones in official Wuben Store in AliExpress) may likely not have these verified high-CRI versions. Although they could mix them in (so it’ll be a lottery if you get one there).

_the · 2018-06-15T08:47:11.000Z

d_t_a:

Chatika vas Paus:

Banggood sell only cool white. Our GB applies to neutral white.

I think more exact: tested and verified high-CRI (CRI=90+) neutral-white. The ones in other places (I would presume even the ones in official Wuben Store in AliExpress) may likely not have these verified high-CRI versions. Although they could mix them in (so it’ll be a lottery if you get one there).

It’s a kind of lottery where you can only lose.

At the moment there are no other High CRI Wubens than the ones produced for this GB. This will of course change in the future.

TheAuditor · 2018-06-15T09:27:48.000Z

Mine just arrived. Batteries on charge

casi29061965 · 2018-06-15T14:01:25.000Z

My TO46R arrived today ! Looks and works nice…
Thanks for the GB, the !

cellguy · 2018-06-20T03:14:34.000Z

My T046R arrived today. Great shipping packaging, I will definitely change optics, runs hot. Going to get it charged and ready to go for some playing around tonight.

Can anyone confirm if the bezel is glued? I cannot budge mine.

maukka · 2018-06-20T04:35:54.000Z

cellguy:

Can anyone confirm if the bezel is glued? I cannot budge mine.

Not glued, just screwed on tight. I used rubber strap wrenches.

Pezo · 2018-06-20T18:16:24.000Z

Got mine as well.
Had to clean the LEDs on the TO10R, there was some black debris and I didn’t want to turn it on, but otherwise it was fine. I unscrewed the bezel by pressing it against the underside of my ESD mat, worked just fine.

cellguy · 2018-06-20T20:21:53.000Z

maukka:

cellguy:

Can anyone confirm if the bezel is glued? I cannot budge mine.

Not glued, just screwed on tight. I used rubber strap wrenches.

Thanks!

MascaratumB · 2018-06-21T12:54:23.000Z

Mine has arrived today Well, definitely not the CW tint, despite all the shift it has which is nothing that can’t be solved with DC-Fix or a frosted lens!

Again, thank you =the=, maukka and Wuben for making this possible

MascaratumB · 2018-06-21T22:51:10.000Z

Some photos after putting a piece of diffuser on the TO46R (it is not perfect, but surely evens the shift that the XP-G3 produces!)
On the left, the TO10R, CW, original version! On the right, TO46R, NW, High CRI, group buy version

Chatika_vas_Paus · 2018-06-22T15:28:08.000Z

I received my light and leds today. Amazing modes spacing. And that clip. the can you find out can I buy these clips? I would be interested in two.

LightUpTheDark · 2018-06-22T15:58:41.000Z

You guys are making me anxious to get mines…. I can’t help it to stay away though.

_the · 2018-06-23T08:21:08.000Z

Chatika vas Paus:

I received my light and leds today. Amazing modes spacing. And that clip. the can you find out can I buy these clips? I would be interested in two.

Asked them, but the answer was “no”. The shipping & handling cost makes it nearly impossible to sell any spare parts.

Chatika_vas_Paus · 2018-06-23T09:32:41.000Z

Ehh.It is a pity, because it fit to astrolux s41.

CoolJB · 2018-06-28T01:56:18.000Z

Just got my TO46R today. I had already bought a couple of the original TO46Rs that are sold on banggood.com that claim to be high CRI. Boy the difference between those and the group buy version are night and day. The tint on the original ones is hideous. Total crap actually, especially side by side with this one. The group buy version has a wonderful tint and CRI looks much better to the naked eye anyway. I’m glad I got an extra emitter board too because I’m going to immediately put it in one of the originals I already had.

Besides all of that, I’m really impressed with the build quality on the wuben lights I have. It’s impeccable. For all intents and purposes the lights are flawless. Anodizing, machining and overall fit and finish are top notch. Only “flaw” with wuben is that they were and probably still are selling the crap version of this light (and calling it High CRI) on banggood/gearbest. This group buy version is awesome though.

EDIT: I just looked at the TO46R specs on banggood and they’ve removed all of the references to High CRI from the product page. The box they have pictured still says High CRI LED on it, which is not true. Unless they’ve upgraded the production version of this light with the group buy LEDs. Who know though?

d_t_a · 2018-06-27T06:21:37.000Z

*the*:

Chatika vas Paus:

I received my light and leds today. Amazing modes spacing. And that clip. the can you find out can I buy these clips? I would be interested in two.

Asked them, but the answer was “no”. The shipping & handling cost makes it nearly impossible to sell any spare parts.

Regarding shipping and handling cost, maybe if they are ordered in combination with a flashlight purchase, then the shipping wouldn’t have much additional cost?

_the · 2018-06-27T14:17:00.000Z

CoolJB:

Just got my TO46R today. I had already bought a couple of the original TO46Rs that are sold on banggood.com that claim to be high CRI. Boy the difference between those and the group buy version are night and day. The tint on the original ones is hideous. Total crap actually, especially side by side with this one. The group buy version has a wonderful tint and CRI looks much better to the naked eye anyway. I’m glad I got an extra emitter board too because I’m going to immediately put it in one of the originals I already had.

One more member converted to NW & Hight CRI. Great!
You probably need to change your nick to “NeutralJB” though…

CoolJB:

EDIT: I just looked at the TO46R specs on banggood and they’ve removed all of the references to High CRI from the product page. The box they have pictured still says High CRI LED on it, which is not true. Unless they’ve upgraded the production version of this light with the group buy LEDs. Who know though?

I know. There’s currently only one shop in the world that sells the real 90+CRI version. It’s not BG or GB, but a small shop in Finland.

_the · 2018-06-27T14:18:10.000Z

d_t_a:

*the*:

Chatika vas Paus:

I received my light and leds today. Amazing modes spacing. And that clip. the can you find out can I buy these clips? I would be interested in two.

Asked them, but the answer was “no”. The shipping & handling cost makes it nearly impossible to sell any spare parts.

Regarding shipping and handling cost, maybe if they are ordered in combination with a flashlight purchase, then the shipping wouldn’t have much additional cost?

Good point! Maybe those could be added as extra goodies to our next Wuben GB. Let’s see…

CoolJB · 2018-06-27T14:26:59.000Z

*the*:

One more member converted to NW & Hight CRI. Great!
You probably need to change your nick to “NeutralJB” though…

I’m not a convert, I’ve been on the NW bandwagon since I got my first good NW lights a couple of years ago (Convoy L6 NW and Astrolux S41 Nichias) and I was immediately a convert then. High CRI IS kind of a new interest for me though. Can’t change my nickname, it doesn’t refer to my flashlight color preference, it refers to me!

LightUpTheDark · 2018-07-10T17:33:57.000Z

Finally got my TO46R, TO10R, and spare emitter board (nearly 4 weeks of wait time).
For some reason I thought the TO10R was able to run 18350’s but found out it would only fit a 16340…Bummer…. gotta read more carefully next time. (May bore the tube out to fit a 18350 in the future…have 2 18350’s sitting idle… will probably throw them into the Manker E14 with 18350 tube. )

What I observed after playing with the lights (tried some lego part swapping) some more:

46r: Head on 46r is “glued” on to battery tube. Long press of power button (while light is off) turns on turbo mode.

10r: Tail cap is “glued” on to battery tube. Long press of power button (while light is off) activates strobe (but momentary only and must be held down to keep strobe).

I’m assuming Wuben doesn’t want us lego-ing these lights…

Will go read the manuals to see if I can change them.

One minor annoyance is the charging port flap/cover tends to get in the way of the micro-USB plug. This may deteriorate the cover and compromise the water ingress protection if recharging the light often via the port.